CORDYLUS POLYZONUS.—S m it h .
R eptilia. P late XXVIII. Fig. 1.
0. supeme flavo-brunneus, dorso maculis brunneis in ordinibus duobus longitudinalibus variegato ; maculis
duabus nigro-brunneis pone aurem ; squamarum seriebus quadraginta inter nucham et basin ca n d æ .
Longitudo e n aso ad basin c a n d æ 4 tine. ; c a n d æ 5 une.
Cordylus polyzonus, Smith, Mag. of Natural History, Yol. ii. p. 31.
Zontjrus polyzonus, Dum. et Bib., Erpet. Général, tom. v. p. 357.
CoLOUEg-The upper surface of the head, the back, the sides, and the extremities
intermediate between yellowish and cliesnut-brown, the back variegated
with irregularly shaped umber-hrown spots, the majority of them
arranged in two longitudinal rows ; behind the ear on each side of the neck
two very deep liver-brown blotches. Tail dull yellowish brown, mottled sparingly
with small irregular umber-brown spots. Toes light greenish brown.
Belly and under surface of tail a rusty ochreous yellow ; sides of head wood-
brown, shaded with yellowish and light umber-brown. Eyes deep reddish
brown.
Var.—Above a uniform livid liver-brown without distinct variegations ; beneath
light yellowish brown or livid yellowish brown.
F orm, &c.—Head rather small, the temples convex and laterally very prominent;
the neck rather narrower than the hind head, and convex superiorly ; the
body depressed and subovate ; tail at the base, flat above, rounded below and
towards the point cylindrical ; the hinder extremities rather long. The upper
surface of the head irregular, the parietal shield rather concave ; the palpebral
plates project considerably, and form arched eyebrows ; naso-rostral plates
subhemispherical, and the nostril situated near their outer margin, so as to
open laterally ; the form of the other plates, as represented in Plate XXX.
fig. 7. Labial scales of upper jaw seven, the last two rather tubercular, those
of the lower six, the last two horizontally compressed, and projecting later